Clothing container



Jan. 24, 1933. v BLECHMAN 1,895,406

CLOTHING CONTA INER Filed Oct. 24, 1931 INVENTOR ATTORNEYS IrvingBZeChman/ Fatented Jan. 24, 1g

Application. filed timber rear. ficrlali o. 570,931.

The present invention relates containers for the storage of clothing to protect the same against attack by moths or other insects, and has as an object the provision of a container 5 of this character employing a volatile liquid as the insecticide material, and so constructed that fumes from the said liquid will permeets the clothing chamber but that clothing therein will be protected against direct cono tact with said liquid.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a container of this character formed with an absorbent medium for a volatile insecticide fluid, and with sub- 15 stantially non-absorbent se'pmat ing the said absorbent medium from the clothing chamber.

llhe invention also includes an object, the provision oi? a collapsible clothing container having an insecticide saturated medium arranged in position therein, so that all parts of: the id container may be collapsed to substanti li v condition.

The invention resides in the novel features of construction and arrangement of parts which will be more fully described and claimed h reinafter.

The invention is illustrated in panying drawing in which n I a as Figure 1 is a 1 erspective view or a container embodying te the accominvention;

Figure 2 is a erspective view of the container shown in l igure 1, with the lid in open position, showing a iorarninous wall on the inside oi the container;

3 is a vertical sectional view or? a portion of the container, on the line 33 of l; a a

Fig. at is an enlarged view in elevation oi a 'oortion of the rear wall, with a portion of rat ioraminous wall broken away to show the ins cticide impregnetedinedium;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view of portion of the container on the line Fig. E;

Fig. s is a view in elevation of the container in collapsed condition; m Fig. 7 is a perspective view of a portion or a one of the walls of a modified dorm oi the in vention.

container is made of material such as cardboard, which is ioldable at the corners so that so it may be collapsed with ll parts arranged in a substantially fiat con ition as shown in Fig. 6. To collapse the container to the flat condition shown in Fig. '6 the lid or top wall 15 and the bottom wall 16 are opened and as the end wall 18 and the front wall 11 are moved against the rear wall 12 and the end wall 1d respectively, with the flaps 27 and 28 "folded inwardly between the said walls. The top wall 15 is folded rearwardly against to the outer face of the rear wall 12 and with theend flap 29 of the top wall 15 folded be tween the said top and rear walls, and the bottom wall 15 is folded forwardly upon the side wall 13 and with the end flap 3O folded vs between the said bottom and side walls. Constructed in this manner the container may be sold with an insecticide material arranged inposition therein, and when expanded into set up condition it is ready for the storageoi so clothing. @n the inside of the container provision is made for the reception of an insecticide saturated medium which is separatad from the clothing chamber by a foraminous wall to prevent direct contact of the as clothing therewith.

As shown in Figs. 2 to 5 inclusive one or more of the walls of the container, such for instance, as the rear wall 12, is provided with a wall 17 secured along its side edges 18 and no 19 and along its bottom edge 20, to the said rear wall, by any desired means, to form a pocket 21 with the said well, for the reception of a pad 2% of absorbent material such as ifelt which is saturated with a volatile o5 insecticide liquid. The said Wall is provided over substantially its entire surface with small openings 23 to permit vapors of the insecticide liquid to permeate the clothing chamber. The openings 23 are relatively W) garments" will not come in contact with the pad at the openings. Preferably, the wall 17 13 made of non-absorbent material, which will not take up or absorb the liquid in the pad, thus eliminating the danger of soiling the garments in the container, by seepage of the liquid through the wall and into contact with the garments.

If desired, one or more walls of the container may be made of a plurality of lies of material with an insecticide saturate absorbent medium 24 arranged between the outer ply 25 and the inner foraminous ply 26 as shown in Fig. 7; In this construction the said plies 25 and 26 are preferably made of substantially non-absorbent material which will not readily absorb the insecticide 1i uid.

e said container may be provided with a lock, handle, and reinforcing straps, or

representations of the same may be painted thereon to simulate the appearance of the .usual cedar chest.

As hereinbefore described, the container is foldable into compact collapsed condition and for this purpose the walls are flexibly connected together at the corners. When in such collapsed condition. the insecticide material arranged in the pocket 21 or between the plies 25 and 26 is completely housed or enclosed by the folding of the sides of the container upon the foraminous walls 23 or upon the foraminous wall 26, thereby preventin the escape of the vapors of the insectici e material. In this manner the said container may be sold in collapsed condition with the insecticide material arranged in osition-therein, the container being ready tlon.

The insecticide material is preferably a volatile liquid such as cedar oil or pineoil; the absorbent medium may, however, be imor use when expanded into set up condipregnated with a volatile solid such as gum cam hor or naphthalene by heating the said solid; to'reduce the same to a liquid state and saturatinglthe absorbent. material with the heated liquid.

I, claim:

1 A collapsible container for clothing including side walls and top and bottom walls flexibly connected together at certain of their edges to permit the foldingof said container into substantially flat arrangement, the said walls when in set up conditlon forming a chamber for the reception of clothing, one of said walls having a foraminous sheet secured thereto, an absorbent medium impregnated with a volatile insecticide material arbetween the said foraminous sheet an absorbent pad impregnated with a volatile insecticide material arranged on one side of said foraminous partition and separated from the clothing chamber by the said artition, said absorbent ad bein complete y enclosed bythe container wal s when in collapsed condition, to prevent the escape of the vapors of said material.

3. A collapsible cardboard container for clothing includin side walls, each of said side walls being exibly connected to its adjacent side walls, top and bottom walls, each of said top and bottom walls being flexibly connected to a side wall to permit the folding of said walls in substantmlly compact flat condition, said walls when in set up condition forming a chamber for the reception of clothing, and a volatile insecticide material arranged flatwise against the inner face of one of said walls, said insecticide material being when the container is in collapsed condition to prevent the escape of the vapors of said I insecticide material.

4. A collapsible container for clothing including side walls and top and bottom walls flexibly connected to ether at certain of their edges to permit the olding of said container in substantially compact condition, said walls when in set up condltion forming a. chamber. for the reception of clothing, a foraminous partition arranged within the said container,

and an absorbent pad impregnated with a volatile insecticide materialarranged on one side of said foraminous a 'tition and se arated from the clothing 0 a r by the sald partition, the openings in sai foraminous partition being covered by the container walls when in collapsed condition to prevent the escape of the vapors of said insecticide material.

IRVING BLECHMAN.

ranged and; the said wall, the said sheet and the said absorbent medium being arranged in close relationship with the and wall, whereby the said contamer may collapsed with .11, 

